New Hampshire Business Review back issues from March 2008:
Skybus enjoying its warm welcome at Portsmouth.(TRANSPORTATION)
Mar 14, 2008; ... When Bill Diffenderfer began passenger service from Portsmouth almost a year ago, 10 people boarded the first Skybus flight. Now, his 156-seat aircraft are often at capacity, especially in the summer months. One of those passengers is Phil Decker, a patent attorney based in ...
How one man shaped Keene's industrial landscape.(ENTREPRENEURS)
Mar 14, 2008; ... For nearly two centuries, towns from Windsor, Vt., to Keene, N.H., have been home to the precision machining industry. While the industry spotlight has shone on different towns in the Connecticut River Valley at different points, for the past 50 years worldwide attention has ...
PSNH chief takes the long view on RGGI.(ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY)(Public Service of New Hampshire )
Mar 14, 2008; ... Public Service of New Hampshire may not be happy with Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative legislation that's making its way through the Legislature, but the utility won't actively oppose it, says Gary Long, president and chief operating officer. In an interview with New Hampshire ...
Design contest.(Page Three)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008; ... Great American Downtown, Nashua's downtown revitalization organization, has announced a new membership logo contest. The contest is open to artists of all experience levels and is designed to enhance visibility for GAD members and bring greater awareness to the organization's membership ...
The Palace Festival Orchestra will celebrate spring with a concert of "Mostly Mozart," with a concert that begins at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 30, at the Palace Theatre in Manchester.(Page Three)
Mar 14, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: The Palace Festival Orchestra will celebrate spring with a concert of "Mostly Mozart," with a concert that begins at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 30, ...
Break a leg.(Page Three)
Mar 14, 2008; ... April 5 will offer some college students a chance to break into professional theater. The New Hampshire Professional Theatre Association, in partnership with Plymouth State University and the New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources, will hold auditions and interviews for productions ...
Glen Phillips, former lead singer of '90s alt rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket, comes in concert to the Tupelo Music Hall in Londonderry on Thursday, March 27 at 8 p.m.(Page Three)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Caption: Glen Phillips, former lead singer of 9Os alt rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket, comes in concert to the Tupelo Music Hall in ...
Who's the best?(Page Three)
Mar 14, 2008; ... Voting is under way for the New Hampshire Magazine's reader's poll, "The Best of NH." Over 96 categories--from "Best Sushi" to "Best Day Spa" to "Best TV News Anchor"--allow Granite Staters to name their favorites. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The ballots are available in ...
Do a little stargazing indoors at an exhibition of works by Bert Yarborough including 'Heavenly Bodies,' oil, acrylic on canvas over wood 72 x 96, at McGowan Fine Art in Concord, running through April 25.(Page Three)
Mar 14, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Do a little stargazing indoors at an exhibition of works by Bert Yarborough including 'Heavenly Bodies,' oil, acrylic on canvas over wood ...
Q & A with ... Women's Business Center's Sharon Drake.(INTERVIEW)(Interview)
Mar 14, 2008; ... After three months as executive director of the Women's Business Center in Portsmouth, Sharon Drake believes her role is clear--to build on the existing framework of the nonprofit organization, which for 12 years has been dedicated to helping women achieve their entrepreneurial dreams. ...
I want my NHPTV: university system gives NHPTV more autonomy.(NEWS & ANALYSIS * in brief)(New Hampshire Public Television)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008; ... In a move that proponents say will result in a more nimble and autonomous organization, New Hampshire Public Television will no longer be under the auspices of the University of New Hampshire, but will instead become a wholly owned nonprofit subsidiary of the University System of New ...
Big sap: maple producers hopeful about '08 season.(NEWS & ANALYSIS * in brief)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008; ... In addition to skiers and snowboarders, you can put maple syrup producers on the list of people who are happy with all the snow New Hampshire has seen this winter. Cold, snowy conditions keep a maple tree from budding too early. Once buds have formed, the sap--which is boiled to ...
Baron's Major Brands co-owners Brian Ellis, left, Dave Souter, second from right, and Mike Baron, right, accept the Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire's 2008 New Hampshire Retailer of the Year Award from Gov. John Lynch.(NEWS & ANALYSIS * in brief)
Mar 14, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Baron's Major Brands co-owners Brian Ellis, left, Dave Souter, second from right, and Mike Baron, right, accept the Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire's 2008 New Hampshire Retailer of the Year Award from Gov. John Lynch ....
Behind the curve: N.H. receives 'D+' for fiscal management.(NEWS & ANALYSIS * in brief)(Report)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008; ... A report grading how well each state performs in serving the public would just about send New Hampshire to detention for its Yankee frugality--the very thing the Granite State often prides itself on. "Grading the States 2008," released in partnership with The Pew Center on the ...
Try, try again: Enterasys retrial rescheduled once more.(NEWS & ANALYSIS * in brief)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008; ... Former Enterasys executive Jerry Shanahan's long-awaited second conspiracy fraud trial--scheduled to begin on March 4--has been delayed once again, to June 3. Federal Judge Steven McAuliffe last month issued the order amid various dueling pretrial motions, including Shanahan's ...
Lynch administration officials reported that state taxes and fees brought in $86.7 million, or just $300,000 below what had been forecast for the month.(Concord)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Lynch administration officials reported that state taxes and fees brought in $86.7 million, or just $300,000 below what had been forecast for the month. The taxes on corporate profits and business activity generated $16.7 million, $5.8 million over the revenue plan Gov. John Lynch and the ...
New Hampshire House Minority Leader Michael Whalley, 54, who had been fighting a cancerous brain tumor, died March 1 of complications from a recent fall.(Alton)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... New Hampshire House Minority Leader Michael Whalley, 54, who had been fighting a cancerous brain tumor, died March 1 of complications from a recent fall. He was serving his ...
Canada is claiming a net victory in the latest softwood lumber dispute with the United States after an arbitration panel found that a majority of Canadian wood exports to the U.S. did not violate a 2006 trade agreement.(Ottawa)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Canada is claiming a net victory in the latest softwood lumber dispute with the United States after an arbitration panel found that a majority of Canadian wood exports to the U.S. did not violate a 2006 trade agreement. But ...
Smith Medical ASD of Keene and Upper Valley Press of North Haverhill have been awarded grants through the newly reinstated state Job Training Fund.(Concord)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Smith Medical ASD of Keene and Upper Valley Press of North Haverhill have been awarded grants through the newly reinstated state Job Training Fund. Smith Medical received a grant of $84,000 to train up to ...
Sens. Judd Gregg and John Sununu have written to Reuben Jeffery III, the undersecretary for economic, energy and agricultural affairs at the Department of State, urging him to meet with Bob Brown, chief executive of Goss International Corp., to be briefed on the ongoing anti-dumping trade dispute, Goss International Corp. v. Tokyo Kikai Seiskusho.(Washington, D.C.)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Sens. Judd Gregg and John Sununu have written to Reuben Jeffery III, the undersecretary for economic, energy and agricultural affairs at the Department of State, urging him to meet with Bob Brown, chief executive of Goss International Corp., to be briefed on the ongoing anti-dumping trade ...
Bottomline Technologies plans to a acquire Optio Software for some $45 million, the company announced.(Portsmouth)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Bottomline Technologies plans to a acquire Optio Software for some $45 million, the company announced. The acquisition will add a Georgia-based company that specializes in converting ...
The Executive Council has confirmed Linda Hodgdon as commissioner of the state Department of Administrative Services and Glenn Normandeau as executive director of the Fish and Game Department.(Concord)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... The Executive Council has confirmed Linda Hodgdon as commissioner of the state Department of Administrative Services and Glenn Normandeau as executive director of the Fish and Game Department. Hodgdon was Gov. John Lynch's budget director and ...
EPM Global Electronic Services Inc. is closing its Manchester plant on Harvey Road.(Manchester)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... EPM Global Electronic Services Inc. is closing its Manchester plant on Harvey Road. EPM Global Electronic Services Inc. leased about 45,000 square feet in Manchester in 2006, ...
Pan Am has stopped its flights out of New Hampshire's Portsmouth International Airport after the U.S. Transportation Department revoked its flight certificate.(Portsmouth)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Pan Am has stopped its flights out of New Hampshire's Portsmouth International Airport after the U.S. Transportation Department revoked its flight certificate. The agency is ...
National Grid has asked the Public Utilities Commission to raise natural gas distribution rates for its 84,000 former KeySpan customers--the first increase in distribution costs in 15 years.(Concord)(National Grid Company PLC)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... National Grid has asked the Public Utilities Commission to raise natural gas distribution rates for its 84,000 former KeySpan customers--the first increase in distribution costs in 15 years. The request would hike rates in two ...
Nike Inc. is selling its New Hampshire-based Bauer Hockey unit to an investor group for $200 million in cash.(Greenland)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Nike Inc. is selling its New Hampshire-based Bauer Hockey unit to an investor group for $200 million in cash. The group is led by a U.S. private investment company, Kohlberg ...
On Dem side, presidential campaign remains topsy-turvy.(COOK ON CONCORD)
Mar 14, 2008; ... When Hillary Clinton won the New Hampshire Democratic Primary, many observers thought Barack Obama was through. His string of victories thereafter had Mrs. Clinton counted out and looking desperate in anticipation of the March 4 primaries, Super Tuesday having been somewhat inconclusive ....
Presstek.(The week that was)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Presstek (PRST) is back in compliance with Nasdaq rules and no longer in danger of having its stock removed from the exchange. Nasdaq removed its delisting ...
Centrix Bank.(The week that was)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Centrix Bank (CXBT.OB) reported that its fourth-quarter income was exactly the same as it was the previous year. But despite the fiat income ...
Sturm Ruger Inc.(The week that was)(Financial report)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Sturm Ruger Inc. (RGR) reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $2.2 million, or 10 cents a share, narrowing from a loss of $2.7 million, or 11 cents a share, in ...
Stock check.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Statistical table)
Mar 14, 2008 ... <Pre> Stock Check3/7 2/22 MARKET SYMBOL NAME CLOSING CLOSING CAP AIGAMER INTL GROUP INC42.88 48.88108.16B BUDANHEUSER BUSCH 45.72 47.8132.70B ADSK ...
Market turmoil hits N.H. student loan agency.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(New Hampshire Higher Education Loan Corp)
Mar 14, 2008; ... Citing the volatility of capital markets, the New Hampshire Higher Education Loan Corp.--by far the largest New Hampshire provider of student loan financing--suspended its alternative student lending efforts on March 11. NHHELCO, one of the NHHEAF Network Organizations, said the ...
Buffett sheds White Mountains stake.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008; ... White Mountains Insurance Group and one of its major investors, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, have agreed to "go our separate ways," White Mountains has announced. Berkshire will be divesting itself of 16.3 percent of White Mountains stock in exchange for two ...
N.H. exports close '07 out with a bang: foreign sales rose to an all-time high in December.(New Hampshire exports)(Statistical data)
Mar 14, 2008; ... The latest snapshot for New Hampshire's exporting companies shows that in the last month of 2007, foreign sales rose to an all-time high of $258.5 million, from $255.6 million in November. December's 1.1 percent rise at the tail end of 2007 followed an increase of 11.4 percent ...
Burt's Bees co-founder to help kick off Stonyfield Institute.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Roxanne Quimby, co-thunder of Burt's Bees, the natural body-care products maker, will be joining Stonyfield Farm co-founder Gary Hirshberg in the opening night discussion to kick off this year's Stonyfield Institute for entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs. Quimby and ...
Calendar.(Calendar)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Send calendar items to the NHBR Calendar Editor by e-mail to editor@nhbr.com or by fax to 603-624-1310. Please include date, time, place, contact person, cost, sponsor and a brief description of the event. Items must be received a month bemire the event in order to ensure publication. For ...
A N.H. school-funding parable.(EDUCATION FUNDING)(New Hampshire)
Mar 14, 2008; ... The governor spoke at a conference I recently attended, and his comments turned to school funding and the proposed constitutional amendment that he supports. The governor told us that the state cannot innovate in the area of education policy because it is bogged down in debates ...
Student loans and the credit crisis.(EDITORIAL)(New Hampshire Higher Education Loan Corp)(Editorial)
Mar 14, 2008 ... The news earlier this month that the New Hampshire Higher Education Loan Corp., or NHHELCO, was suspending its alternative student loan programs may have seemed like just a small part of a seemingly interminable spate of bad-to-worse news about the health of the nation's credit system. In ...
How to make ice in a democracy.(POLITICS)
Mar 14, 2008; ... The "Frost Heaves" signs peppered over the roads are both a welcome and a warning. They are the result of the seasonal quarrel between warm and cold weather, thawing and freezing and expanding and contracting soil. Change is often a bumpy road. The conflict between past and present faces ...
Urge Congress to widen broadband.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 14, 2008; ... To the editor: Access to high-speed Internet--some of us take it for granted. Others would do almost anything to have it. The economic growth and livelihood of nearly every city, town and rural area throughout the nation depends on it. Right now, Congress has the ...
Discourteous alderman should be reprimanded.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 14, 2008; ... To the editor: I am a native of Manchester and a property manager in the Millyard for the last 16 years. I have been very involved in the upgrading of the Millyard and Downtown Manchester, both through my job and through my being a director of Intown Manchester. With ...
Gov., legislators must fix our waste system.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 14, 2008; ... To the editor: In its Jan. 4 issue, New Hampshire Business Review published my open letter. "Dear Governor: Bethlehem needs your help" criticizing Attorney General Ayotte's negotiated settlement with Casella Waste Systems, regarding what she called "alleged" illegal dumping of ...
How to juggle family and business responsibilities.(FINDING BALANCE)
Mar 14, 2008; ... On a recent work trip, I eavesdropped (how can you avoid it in an airplane?) on the cell-phone pleadings of a distraught thirty-something. I heard something like this: "No, I won't be there to tuck you in," he said with a big sigh. "Daddy needs you to listen to your mother. If ...
As in dating, business relationships are all about trust.(PR BRIEFING)
Mar 14, 2008; ... It's been awhile since I've been on the dating scene, but that's not true for others in our office. Recently, while exchanging dating stories, it struck us how similar dating is to forming new business relationships. Every relationship--both personally and ...
Retailers make themselves at home in downtown Manchester.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)
Mar 14, 2008; ... Visitors from faraway places like Shanghai, China, or Cambridge, Mass., might want to get the flavor of New Hampshire by visiting the mountains, the lakes, the Seacoast and the Monadnock Region. Or they could save time and money by visiting the New England Sampler in Manchester. ...
Hampshire First Bank in Manchester recently held a reception to welcome Mark Brewer, the new director of Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)
Mar 14, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Hampshire First Bank in Manchester recently held a reception to welcome Mark Brewer, right, the new director of Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. Among those greeting Brewer were Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta, left, and Jay ...
Anthem names new N.H. medical director.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008; ... Dr. Richard Lafleur has been named the new medical director of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire. Board-certified in internal medicine, Lafleur received his medical degree from the University of Vermont in Burlington and completed his internal medicine residency ...
Bedford-based Eckman Construction recently completed the Health Education and Technical Center at Manchester Community College, an $8.77 million addition and the first new building at the college in 40 years.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)
Mar 14, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Bedford-based Eckman Construction recently completed the Health Education and Technical Center at Manchester Community College, an $8.77 million ...
Best of business 2008 BOB awards: NH Business Review.(Cover story)
Mar 14, 2008 ... We at New Hampshire Business Review are delighted to welcome you to see the results of our first readers poll to select the Best of Business in New Hampshire for 2008. (As you may know by now, we just call the awards BOB.) Over 1,000 ballots were cast online by our readers, who ...
Dana-Farber plans clinic for Londonderry.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has announced plans to open an adult cancer care clinic in Londonderry. The proposed clinic at 40 Buttrick Rd. within the Elliot Medical Center will save southern New Hampshire cancer patients the commute to Boston for treatment at Dana-Farber, ...
Merrill to head Devine lobbying unit.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jim Merrill, who served as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's New Hampshire presidential campaign manager, has returned to the law firm of Merrill Devine Millimet as managing director of Devine Strategies. The new service of the firm ...
Moore Center unveils $1.5m capital campaign.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Moore Center Services has publicly announced its first-ever capital campaign, a $1.5 million drive to fund the acquisition and outfitting of its new, more accessible, headquarters on McGregor Street in Manchester. Thus far, the agency has reached the halfway mark for its $1.5 ...
General Cable honors its Manchester plant.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... General Cable North America has chosen its Manchester manufacturing facility as its Plant of the Year. The recognition was is based on the plant's achievement of high levels of sustained excellence in safety, quality and productivity, the company said. General Cable ...
UNHM grad school sets open house.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)(University of New Hampshire at Manchester)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... The University of New Hampshire Center for Graduate & Professional Studies is sponsoring an open house beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, at its Manchester Millyard campus. The session is designed to provide an overview of the graduate study opportunities available at the ...
City of Manchester.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)(Statistical table)
Mar 14, 2008 ... <Pre> City of Manchester YEARTOTAL POPULATION2006 109,497 2000 107,219 199099,426 1980 ...
Women's business network adds to board.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Southern New Hampshire Women's Business Network has added three new members to its board of directors. Joining the board is Susan Beattie, a senior marketing manager at IDEXX Laboratories, which develops diagnostic tests and equipment for the veterinary market. Also ...
Town of Derry.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)(Statistical table)
Mar 14, 2008 ... <Pre> Town of Derry YEAR TOTAL POPULATION2006 34,103 2000 34,112 1990 ...
City of Londonderry.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)(Statistical table)
Mar 14, 2008 ... <Pre> City of Londonderry YEARTOTAL POPULATION200624,879 200023,373 1990...
Town of Bedford.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)(Statistical table)
Mar 14, 2008 ... <Pre> Town of Bedford YEARTOTAL POPULATION200620,986 200018,492 199012,513 ...
City of Goffstown.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)(Statistical table)
Mar 14, 2008 ... <Pre> City of Goffstown YEAR TOTAL POPULATION2006 17,696 2000 16,980 1990 14,769 1980...
Town of Hooksett.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)(Hooksett is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA)(Statistical table)
Mar 14, 2008 ... <Pre> Town of Hooksett YEAR TOTAL POPULATION 2006 13,439 2000 11,784 1990 9,034 1980 ...
Town of Weare.(OUTLOOK * Manchester)(Weare is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States)(Statistical table)
Mar 14, 2008 ... <Pre> Town of Weare YEAR TOTAL POPULATION 2006 8,925 2000 7,827 1990 6,192 1980 ...
Is your business prepared for disaster? The computer equipment and information critical to your business is most vulnerable to disasters.(RESOURCES*technology)
Mar 14, 2008; ... As a small-business owner it is easy to devote the majority of your time to running your business and not worrying about preparing for a disaster until it's too late. Business disasters come in all shapes and sizes. They can vary from data loss or a power outage to an e-mail virus ....
Picking the right investment partner is a courtship.(GROWING YOUR BUSINESS)
Mar 14, 2008; ... Venture investors think and talk a lot about the characteristics of entrepreneurs they look to back. We look at their backgrounds and psychological makeup--What functional roles have they had (general manager, vice president of marketing, chief technology officer)? What size company have ...
Primeau picked to lead Laconia Savings.(RESOURCES*banking & finance)(Mark Primeau)(Brief article)
Mar 14, 2008 ... Mark Primeau, a 30-year industry veteran, has taken the reins as president and chief executive of Laconia Savings Bank. Primeau most recently was president of consumer and small business banking at Eastern Bank, a mutual bank in Boston, where he worked for the last 19 years ....